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áld William J. Allison first postmaster. The office was closed April 3, 1878. The compiler has not been able to identify the exact geographic feature called Ringo Point and it does not appear on available maps.

RITTER, Grant County. The post office at Ritter was named for the Reverend Joseph Ritter at whose ranch it was first established. The office has not always been in its present location. It is now near hot mineral springs, formerly known as McDuffee Hot Springs, but now known as Ritter Hot Springs. Joseph. Ritter was a pioneer Baptist minister of the John Day Valley. The springs were discovered by William Neal McDuffee, an early day packer between Umatilla and the John Day mines. River Mill, Clackamas County. This station and power plant north of Estacada were so named because they were established near a sawmill on the banks of Clackamas River.

RIVERDALE, Tillamook County. Shortly after the turn of the century a post office with the descriptive name Riverdale was in service for a lit. tle over a year at a point about three miles north of Tillamook. This office was close to Kilchis River and was named on that account. The office was not far from the locality later called Cloverleaf. Riverdale post office was established in June, 1901, and was closed in August, 1902. Theodore P. Bowlby was the postmaster. Rivers, Deschutes County. Rivers post office was in the extreme north part of township 20 south, range 19 east, a little to the northeast of Brothers. Post route and other maps show this place as on the north border of Deschutes County, just over the line from Crook County. An office with the descriptive name Highland was established on the Crook County list September 6, 1913, with Mrs. Mary T. Rivers postmaster. This was before Deschutes County was established. On March 9, 1914, the name of the office was changed to Rivers in compliment to the family of the postmaster. The office was discontinued December 21, 1918. The later record of this office was put on the Deschutes County list by postal authorities and it is assumed that the Highland-Rivers office was always in what is now Deschutes County, but by a narrow margin.

RIVERSIDE, Malheur County. Riverside was given a descriptive name because the place was on the banks of Malheur River near the junction of the South Fork. Riverside post office was established November 21, 1889, with Teresa E. McRae first postmaster.

RIVERTON, Coos County. Riverton is a community on the Oregon Coast Highway about 12 miles east of Bandon. It is on the east bank of Coquille River and got its name on that account. Riverton post office was established June 30, 1890, with Orlando A. Kelly first postmaster. Riverton was laid out by E. Weston, a civil engineer, in 1889. The townsite was originally part of the Nathaniel Thrush property. Kelly, a teacher, is said to have been the first settler in the place. For more information about Riverton, see Dodge's Pioneer History of Coos and Cury Counties, page 249.

ROARING SPRINGS, Harney County. These springs are at the western foot of Steens Mountain. They are so called because of the peculiar noise they make.

ROBERTS, Crook County. Roberts was named for an early settler in Crook County, J. E. Roberts, who was for a time postmaster, but not the first.